School Name:

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Location:

Stevens Point, Wisconsin

School RecycleMania or Recycling Web Site:

http://www.uwsp.edu/sustainabi...

Spring Break Dates:

Week of Mar 22 - 26

School Athletic Conference:

NCAA Division III; Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC);

Public or Private School:

Public

Divisions

Competition Division

Benchmark Division

Categories

Schools are automatically ranked in those categories for which they provide data with each week's reporting form.

Waste Minimization

As part of its involvement in the Waste Minimization category, this school is pledging to implement the following waste reduction practices on its campus:

• Replacing paper documents with online alternatives wherever possible (e.g. telephone directories, course catalogs, room selection, bill payment, grade distribution, etc.) .
• Creating and promoting a system for the campus community to report wasteful practices and offer suggestions for waste reduction.
• Creating active program to educate employee and students about waste minimization practices (e.g. incorporating waste minimization information into new employee / new student orientation programs; giving regular presentations to campus groups and departments; setting up public displays, etc.).
• Eliminate the sale of plastic water bottles in ven

Whole Campus

Partial Campus

Number of FTE Students:

8,586

Number of FTE Staff and Faculty:

981

Full-time Equivalent Campus Population: 9,567.00

For the 2009 competition, schools that participate in the Competition Division will have their FTE population calculated using standardized data submitted to the federal Department of Education's IPEDS program. This is the number by which reported weights will be divided to determine per capita recycling weights. For more information about the FTE calculations, refer to the IPEDS section of the Rules page.

Data reported will come from Some Weights / Some Estimates.

Our waste removal service provider weighs refuse and recyclables or visually inspects and estimates weight. Data is sent to the Facility Services department to be tracked and that data will be reported.